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1207 West 28th Street
Little Rock, Arkansas
August 28, 1962
Mr. Wiley A. Branton, Esq.
5 Forsythe Street, N.W.
Atlanta 3, Georgia
Dear Mr. Branton:
Shortly afte I arrived home, June 13, 1962, I was contacted by some
of the parents who were interested in enrolling their children in the
elementary schools here this fall.
I had read the statement in the press stating that the Little Rock
School Board had said that it did not plan to integrate the elementary
schools at this time. I also had read a subsequent release in the press
quoting you, in effect, that you would take court action. Based on the
statement quoting you, I assured the parents that action would be taken
immediately.
During this time, I was also contacted by some of the students who
had been denied transferes for the Horace Mann high school to the in-
tegrated high schools. They want to know if relief could be sought
in their case.
I contacted Attorney Harold B. Anderson who had represented many
of the students who had been denied transfers before the school board.
I asked for the names and addresses of the students and their parents
in order to assure them that relief would be sought fo them.
I was surprised when Mr. Anderson referred me to Mro. Ozell Sutton,
co-director for the Arkansas Council on Human Relations, for the in-
formation I was seeking.
I was also surpriesed again when I spoke with you over the telephone
last week, when you told me that Mr. Sutton was your contact man, and
you had asked him to arrange a meeting with the parents.
You know the groud-work for the case was laid in 1956 by the Lit-
tle Rock branch NAACP.
Members of the Executive Board of the Little Rock Branch -- many of
then you know well -- Dr. Sarman P. Freeman, Dr. William Townsend, Rev-
erend Mr. J.C. Crenchew and L.C. bates, counseled the origianl plain-
tiffs and accompanied them when they attempred to enroll in the so-call
ed white schools in 1956. When they were denied their parents sought re-
lief from the local branch and the local branch appealed to the State

1207 West 28th Street
Little Rock, Arkansas
August 28, 1962
Mr. Wiley A. Branton, Esq.
5 Forsythe Street, N.W.
Atlanta 3, Georgia
Dear Mr. Branton:
Shortly afte I arrived home, June 13, 1962, I was contacted by some
of the parents who were interested in enrolling their children in the
elementary schools here this fall.
I had read the statement in the press stating that the Little Rock
School Board had said that it did not plan to integrate the elementary
schools at this time. I also had read a subsequent release in the press
quoting you, in effect, that you would take court action. Based on the
statement quoting you, I assured the parents that action would be taken
immediately.
During this time, I was also contacted by some of the students who
had been denied transferes for the Horace Mann high school to the in-
tegrated high schools. They want to know if relief could be sought
in their case.
I contacted Attorney Harold B. Anderson who had represented many
of the students who had been denied transfers before the school board.
I asked for the names and addresses of the students and their parents
in order to assure them that relief would be sought fo them.
I was surprised when Mr. Anderson referred me to Mro. Ozell Sutton,
co-director for the Arkansas Council on Human Relations, for the in-
formation I was seeking.
I was also surpriesed again when I spoke with you over the telephone
last week, when you told me that Mr. Sutton was your contact man, and
you had asked him to arrange a meeting with the parents.
You know the groud-work for the case was laid in 1956 by the Lit-
tle Rock branch NAACP.
Members of the Executive Board of the Little Rock Branch -- many of
then you know well -- Dr. Sarman P. Freeman, Dr. William Townsend, Rev-
erend Mr. J.C. Crenchew and L.C. bates, counseled the origianl plain-
tiffs and accompanied them when they attempred to enroll in the so-call
ed white schools in 1956. When they were denied their parents sought re-
lief from the local branch and the local branch appealed to the State